Ready to rethink possible, tablet-style?
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Huawei’s MediaPad joins AT&T’s ’4G’ army, pauses to rethink possible
Plus 10 awesome Android tablet tips and tricks from Zdnet, and why Soundcloud ditched Flash for HTML5 A quick burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Analysis: Patent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches > > Reuters Last year, Facebook was named as a defendant in 22 lawsuits accusing it of patent infringement, double the number from 2010, according to a Reuters analysis of court documents on legal database Westlaw, a Thomson Reuters unit.
Plus 10 awesome Android tablet tips and tricks from Zdnet, and why Soundcloud ditched Flash for HTML5 A quick burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Analysis: Patent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches > > Reuters Last year, Facebook was named as a defendant in 22 lawsuits accusing it of patent infringement, double the number from 2010, according to a Reuters analysis of court documents on legal database Westlaw, a Thomson Reuters unit.
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Boot up: Facebook IPO nears, Zuckerberg’s momentous IM, and more
Open data is all very well, but what if you don’t release the most useful datasets of all? Paul Clarke on the scandal of UK transport data Remind me again: what’s the purpose of opening up all this public data? Ah yes, that’s it
Open data is all very well, but what if you don’t release the most useful datasets of all? Paul Clarke on the scandal of UK transport data Remind me again: what’s the purpose of opening up all this public data? Ah yes, that’s it
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Where open government data falls down: buying a train ticket
Many questioned my model for digital newspapers. Here’s a few helpful answers Let’s come back to the business model question. My 15 January column featuring a simple model for digital newspapers triggered a number of emails and comments, many questioning my assumptions (my thanks to readers of the Monday Note who take the time to make insightful contributions to the discussion)
Many questioned my model for digital newspapers. Here’s a few helpful answers Let’s come back to the business model question. My 15 January column featuring a simple model for digital newspapers triggered a number of emails and comments, many questioning my assumptions (my thanks to readers of the Monday Note who take the time to make insightful contributions to the discussion)
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Refining the digital newspaper model
Plus Google search chief responds to critics, and what Steve Jobs told Eric Schmidt in an email in 2010 A quick burst of 5 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Antiphishing standard in the works from Google, Facebook, others > > CNET News Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, PayPal and others are working together on a standard that can be used across the Internet for blocking phishing e-mails. Not before time. Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers > > Reuters And the Google employee was supposedly terminated within the hour.
Plus Google search chief responds to critics, and what Steve Jobs told Eric Schmidt in an email in 2010 A quick burst of 5 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Antiphishing standard in the works from Google, Facebook, others > > CNET News Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, PayPal and others are working together on a standard that can be used across the Internet for blocking phishing e-mails. Not before time. Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers > > Reuters And the Google employee was supposedly terminated within the hour.
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Boot up: Google and Facebook work on antiphishing tool, Richard Stallman on MegaUpload arrests, and more
On January 25, 2012, In Technology, Uncategorized, by ToryRobinson
Joichi Ito, the new head of the Media Laboratory at M.I.T., says that the Middle East and North Africa are on the cusp of creating their own Silicon Valley experience. Read more
Joichi Ito, the new head of the Media Laboratory at M.I.T., says that the Middle East and North Africa are on the cusp of creating their own Silicon Valley experience. Read more
Here’s a bit of bad news for those who actually enjoy receiving Nokia’s regular tips via SMS: Reuters reports that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has slapped the Finnish company a hefty A$55,000 ($58,000) fine, with the reason being that there was no way to unsubscribe from said messages. This kind of flaw sure is a surprise at this day and age, but Nokia’s already taken action by simply axing this spammy service entirely in Australia, while at the same time ” ramping it down elsewhere” just to be safe, according to Reuters . If Pope Benedict is still going about his texting business over there, we sure hope he won’t be next on the Aussie naughty list.
Here’s a bit of bad news for those who actually enjoy receiving Nokia’s regular tips via SMS: Reuters reports that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has slapped the Finnish company a hefty A$55,000 ($58,000) fine, with the reason being that there was no way to unsubscribe from said messages. This kind of flaw sure is a surprise at this day and age, but Nokia’s already taken action by simply axing this spammy service entirely in Australia, while at the same time ” ramping it down elsewhere” just to be safe, according to Reuters . If Pope Benedict is still going about his texting business over there, we sure hope he won’t be next on the Aussie naughty list.
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Nokia penalised for texting tips to Aussie users, regrets not adding unsubscribe option
Though the iPhone did incredibly well in the past three months in the US – getting nearly half of sales – Nielsen’s claim that it’s ‘catching up’ with Android isn’t quite right. Other platforms, meanwhile, have trouble “More US Consumers Choosing Smartphones as Apple Closes the Gap on Android” says the headline on the Nielsen blog , looking at sales of smartphone in the US over the fourth quarter.
Though the iPhone did incredibly well in the past three months in the US – getting nearly half of sales – Nielsen’s claim that it’s ‘catching up’ with Android isn’t quite right. Other platforms, meanwhile, have trouble “More US Consumers Choosing Smartphones as Apple Closes the Gap on Android” says the headline on the Nielsen blog , looking at sales of smartphone in the US over the fourth quarter.
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Android stays ahead of iPhone surge in US (despite what Nielsen thinks)
With its first quarter of revenues over $10bn, there’s plenty in Google’s earnings details and executives’ calls to pick over. Here’s a selection What did we learn from Google’s fourth quarter financial results , released on Thursday night? Quite a lot, though some is very well hidden
With its first quarter of revenues over $10bn, there’s plenty in Google’s earnings details and executives’ calls to pick over. Here’s a selection What did we learn from Google’s fourth quarter financial results , released on Thursday night? Quite a lot, though some is very well hidden
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What Google’s financials tell us about Android, Google+ and Motorola
Plus Acer on ultrabooks, that MegaUpload indictment in full, Motorola XOOMs in class and more A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team The secrets Apple keeps > > Fortune Tech An extract from Adam Lashinsky’s book on the culture inside Apple. Basically, it sounds like the most secretive society you can imagine; the modern ideas of management, such as transparency and close attention within divisions to profit/loss accounts, simply don’t apply
Plus Acer on ultrabooks, that MegaUpload indictment in full, Motorola XOOMs in class and more A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team The secrets Apple keeps > > Fortune Tech An extract from Adam Lashinsky’s book on the culture inside Apple. Basically, it sounds like the most secretive society you can imagine; the modern ideas of management, such as transparency and close attention within divisions to profit/loss accounts, simply don’t apply
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Boot Up: Apple’s secret ways, Windows Phone forecasts, MPs v e-petitions, Google+ (or not) and more